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Perform trivial merge from head to unicode-branch.
Loading Hemlock causes :hemlock to be provided, so that REQUIRE doesn't reload it.
From Luke Gorrie: - add support for copy-word during isearch (bound to C-w as per GNU Emacs) - add dabbrev support (bound to M-/)
Mega commit to bring RELENG_18 branch in sync with HEAD in preparation for release tagging 18d.
If we were compiled with CLX loaded, we add a suitable REQUIRE form to ensure that CLX is loaded at runtime, too, now that CLX can be loaded via REQUIRE.
Added specialised port to OpenBSD (2.9). Many parts of the original code which were previously conditionalized on :FreeBSD, are now conditionalized on :BSD instead, with the :BSD feature now implying a 4.4BSD(lite2) derived OS. This should make future BSD-ports easier. FreeBSD and OpenBSD are differentiated by having either :FreeBSD or :OpenBSD on the features list. Currently the OpenBSD port does not have working ELF support, because OpenBSD 2.9 is still non-ELF by default. So don't put ELF on the features list when building for OpenBSD, or fix the code to work correctly in this case instead.
Change toplevel PROCLAIMs to DECLAIMs.
This (huge) revision brings the RELENG_18 branch up to the current HEAD. Note code/unix-glib2.lisp not yet included -- not sure it is ready to go.
Linux port update from Peter VanEynde: revision of the glibc2 support, better hemlock tty mode support.
Gray streams support: * Rename the 'stream structure class to sys:lisp-stream. * Add a new none hierarchical 'stream built-in class which inherits from: instance, t. * Hack in the new stream class as a mixin for the structure base lisp-stream class which now inherits from: stream, structure-object, instance, t. * Add a new 'fundamental-stream standard-class which includes 'stream as a mixin, and add PCL hacks to allow this to be redefined after PCL is loaded to be (defclass fundamental-stream (standard-object stream) ...). * Add appropriate support to the base stream functions to dispatch to the Gray stream functions for the handling of fundamental-streams. Some of the lisp-streams encapsulating CLOS streams still need a little work.
Correct a few FreeBSD constant definitions in the last unix change, and account for fact that FreeBSD does not have a OCRNL termios flag which was used by Hemlock.
Werkowskis source kit 1.03.7
Fix headed boilerplate.
Fix old-style in-package.
Updated for the sgi.
Move all font name defhvars here and give them the actual default as their initial value. Change those defaults to be courier, flushing all mention of 8x13.
Copy new_compiler branch to trunk.
Un-conditionalize TIOCSLTC ltchars hacks for HpUx, since they are needed to suppress dsusp.
Turn off ^s/^q unxer tty for HPux with IXON off.
Update FUN-DEFINED-FROM-PATHNAME to understand byte functions.
Flush carefully-add-font-path call. If people want library:fonts/ in their font-path, they can put it there.
Added hpux support in setup-input and reset-input.
Changed BEEP flashing to use SLEEP 0.1 instead of DISPLAY-FINISH-OUTPUT because this was causing recursive entry of CLX.
Changed function-header-name to %function-name and changed code-debug-info to %code-debug-info.
Moved package initialization here from loadhem.
Fixed GET-EDITOR-TTY-INPUT to read the data into an c-call:unsigned-char buffer instead of a c-call:char so that when we access the elements from it, we don't get negative numbers, which make code-char unhappy.
Last fix didn't take. Trying again.
Fixed a use of unix-read to supply it with a system-area-pointer instead of a string. It worked before because unix-read played it fast and loose with converting vectors into saps when necessary.
Added a few unix: where necessary.
Added ``alien:'' in front on several uses of ``alien-sap''
Fixed syntax of a use of alien:with-alien. Fixed spelling of ``unx''.
Missed a place where the old aliens stuff was being used.
Merged new-alien changes onto trunk.
New alien changes.
Fixed MERGE-RELATIVE-PATHNAMES to correspond to the new pathname semantics. Fixed GET-EDITOR-TTY-INPUT to not assume that UNIX-READ will always work.
Deleted unused definitions that died when the new window group code went in.
Changed use of CAREFUL-SYMBOL-FUNCTION to FDEFINITION.
Changed flash-window and flash-border to do a display-finish-output in the middle, and changed flash-border to only do one flash. For some reason, I had noticed recently that flash-border was working really terribly, and this eems to have fixed it.
Replaced absolute pathnames with library: pathnames. Changed termcap-file from a defconstant to a defvar.
Added a doc string to HI:DIRECTORYP.
Added new header with RCS FILE-COMMENT.
Put some defconstants in eval-when (compile load eval) so that subsequent defconstants that reference them won't bogue out.
Merged systems-work sources as of 12/10/90.
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Finished editor-describe-function.
Changed pause-hemlock to send a SIGSTOP instead of a SIGTSTP, and to wrap it with a without-hemlock to clean up the tty if necessary.
Ripped out old listen-iterations-hack. Put some event name lists in eval-when (compile load eval) so that we can mapcar over the lists in the definitions of mask constants.
Merged MIPS branch onto new-compiler branch.
Changed the various pathnames to refer to /usr/misc/.cmucl instead of /usr/misc/.lisp.
Converted fun-defined-from-pathname to the new object format.
#+clx'ed X only files.
Changed uses of lisp::alien-value-sap to alien-sap of alien-value.
Changed with-trap-arg-block to with-stack-alien.
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From scratch.
(Half of you are thinking "oh, how nice - chili" and the other half of you are thinking "oh great is this a COOKING blog now?", and the other half of you (it's the new math) (just go with it) who have read my blog for more than ten minutes are thinking "Oh dear - this won't end well".)
(See: Exhibit A.) (Or, oh geez, Exhibit B.) (See also: recent Facebook status update: "When your crockpot recipe for barbecue shredded chicken says that it should cook on low for 5 or 6 hours, do not mentally translate that in your head to "cook all day" and then put everything in the crock pot at 5:30 in the morning before you leave for work. Because by the end of the day, what you will have my friend? Is CHICKEN SLUDGE. And once again your family will be forced to eat the sludge while make encouraging faces, lest you give up the cooking battle entirely and force them to eat peanut butter forever.")
(Followed by my own exasperated follow-up comment: "I just - DO NOT UNDERSTAND why I can't follow directions. I'm a tech writer. I WRITE DIRECTIONS FOR A LIVING. IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS DIFFICULT.")
(Although I believe I come by my cooking quirks naturally, AHEM.)
Anyway, Josh and I ran to the store to buy a few things for the chili, namely: ground beef, chili powder, two onions, a green pepper, a clove of garlic, a can of tomato sauce, two cans of kidney beans, two cans of diced tomatoes, etc., etc., etc., and the whole time I'm muttering to myself that I should just go put all of that stuff back and BUY A CAN OF CHILI because WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IT ALL COMES FROM A CAN.
Also, I'd left my list at home on the counter, so I was buying things based on the list of ingredients in my head and I wasn't sure what kind of tomatoes to get. Or what kind of beans. Or what kind of spice type items (which explains how I ended up buying nutmeg) (nugmeg in chili - it's all the rage these days).
But I PRESSED ON, you guys. FOR THE CHILDREN. (The ungrateful, ungrateful children. When I set the bowl of chili in front of Jake at dinner time he immediately made a face and started to whine about it, and I told him that if he didn't quit it IMMEDIATELY he would be going to bed with no dinner, and the expression on his face indicated that wasn't much of a threat.)
Anyway, when we were done shopping we went to check out and nothing was open but the self-check and I HATE the self-check, I LOATHE it, I wish it dead.
- It's way too time consuming
- It's hard to simultaneously check yourself out and keep your two year old from fulfilling his One Great Desire in Life (to lick the grocery bag carousel), and
- That stupid bagging thing is just so freaking suspicious. "Put the item in the bagging area." "Please put the item in the bagging area!" "PUT THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA." I leave feeling all stressed out and disrespected and cynical about the world.
Meanwhile some guy with two non-produce type items in his cart comes up behind me and stands there.
Attendant: Sir, this is the self-check, you can go ahead and use this register over here.
Guy: I'll wait.
Attendant: You don't need to wait, you can use the self-check.
Guy: Nah, I'd rather have you do it.
Attendant: DEATH GLARE
Me: torn between thinking he's a jerk and bonding with him based on our mutual hatred of self-check
The guy starts asking me if I'm making chili, and I tell him, yeah, I hope so, and I explain that I forgot my list and I'm not sure if I got the right stuff or not, but hopefully it would work out, jabber jabber mindless jabber.
The guy tells me that if it would help, he has a great recipe I could take a look at.
(Because, sure, that's where everyone keeps their chili recipes – IN THEIR VEHICLES.)
Do I want to come take a look at it by any chance? Hmmmmmm?
I don't know why my fairly large and healthy fear of serial killers hadn't kicked in yet - maybe because he was wearing a Hogle Zoo sweatshirt and everyone knows that serial killers don't wear sweatshirts (too obvious) (they stick to flannel and/or business attire).
I was thinking that he was – I don't know – awkwardly trying to be friendly or something so I just shook my head and tried to insert my money into the stupid bill collector thing (which is not something you should attempt when you are frazzled).
The guy kept going though, saying stuff like, "well, o.k., but it's a really great recipe," and "are you sure you don't want to check to see if you have the right tomatoes" and "I won the chili cook-off last year" and "it's really no trouble - it's just right out there in my car". (Probably the same car where he keeps his collection of knives and ice picks and dessicated eyeballs.)
I ended up looking him in the eye and saying, "No thank you!" fairly aggressively and loudly, (at which point he held both hands up in the air like, "hey, I was just trying to be helpful") (but you guys, he totally wanted to kill me and feed me to his rabbits, I could tell), and since I'd called attention to his creepiness, he had no choice but to abandon his plan to secretively get me out to his car, hack me into bits, and make me the newest secret ingredient in his award winning "chili".
Anyway, we got out of the store, made it safely to the car, and sped home, where I said a little prayer of thanks, got ready to cook, and dammit all if I didn't have the wrong kind of tomatoes.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Malcolm Armstead and his Wichita State teammates told each other they could be a Final Four team last summer.?Now the Shockers are one win away from a place the program hasn't been since 1965.?They rolled past La Salle 72-58 in the West Regional semifinals on Thursday night. Next up is No. 2 seed Ohio State in Saturday's regional final.?"It's a big game and I am feeling another upset," reserve guard Nick Wiggins said. "We belong here."?Armstead scored 18 points, Carl Hall added 16 and freshman Ron Baker had 13 for the ninth-seeded Shockers in their latest win, proving their upset of No. 1 seed Gonzaga in the third round was no fluke.?"To see we're one game away from it, it's like a dream come true," Armstead said. "But you still have to stay focused on this next game. You can't bypass it and look forward to the Final Four yet."?Wichita State overwhelmed La Salle from the opening tip on its way to the school's first final eight appearance since 1981.?"It's like I'm in a dream still with this whole Elite Eight situation," Hall said.?The Shockers opened the game on a 14-2 run and ended the first half with a 9-1 spurt. They started the second half by hitting back-to-back 3-pointers for a 22-point lead.?La Salle never got closer than 11 points in the second half, when the Explorers outscored the Shockers 36-34.?"It took us a half to kind of adjust to the level they were playing at," La Salle coach John Giannini said. "The second half was pretty evenly played, but we were in just too deep of a hole."?Ninth-seeded Wichita State (29-8) tied the school's 2010-11 team for most victories. That group won the NIT title. These Shockers want much more.?"We need one more win to seal this deal and go back home and get ready for the Final Four," Baker said. "We're just going to grab this opportunity the best we can."?The Shockers beat Kansas by two points to get to the final eight in 1981. They didn't need to take down a giant this time, just a 6,500-student school from Philadelphia that scrapped its way 2,754 miles from an at-large berth in Dayton, Ohio, to Los Angeles.?"That was the game plan early on, try to wear them down, pound it inside, and get inside-out shots, and that's what we came up," Armstead said.?Jerrell Wright and Tyrone Garland led the Explorers with 16 points each. Ramon Galloway, who averages a team-leading 17.4 points, was held to 11 for a program that won the 1954 NCAA championship and reached the 1955 national title game.?La Salle (24-10) didn't have the depth to hold its own against Wichita State, which owned a 47-29 rebounding edge and outscored the Explorers 40-26 in the paint, helped by Hall, who had 14 points in the first half.?"It was kind of an easy night for us on the inside because they only really have one post player," Hall said.?The Shockers limited La Salle to 36 percent shooting — the same as Gonzaga shot in its third-round loss.?"They were all over the place. They came to play," Galloway said.?Hall sat down with his third foul while La Salle was busy whittling its deficit to 11 points by attacking the rim. But the Explorers never got within single digits, and Armstead scored nine straight points to push Wichita State's lead to 62-47. Another 6-0 spurt, capped by Cleanthony Early's dunk, made it 68-48.?"Armstead was huge at that point," Giannini said. "He had three, four big buckets in a row and we were scoring. But if we get the stops, that 10, 11, 12-point game is a four- to eight-point game, and then you really have a chance. But Armstead wouldn't allow it. When we threatened, he was the one that really responded."?The Shockers hit two straight 3-pointers to open the second half and push their lead to 22 points.?La Salle turned aggressive, answering with a 10-0 run to close to 44-32, with Wright scoring the first seven points and Galloway making a 3-pointer.?The Explorers got shocked to start the game, with Wichita State outscoring them 14-2. The Shockers ended the half on a 9-1 run, including five by Baker, to lead 38-22 at the break. La Salle was held to 27 percent shooting, while Wichita State shot 53 percent and dominated the paint 24-10.?Hall's teammates repeatedly found him down on the block and he muscled in layups over the smaller Explorers.?Galloway missed his first six shots. He finally made a 3-pointer that drew the Explorers within eight, but Wichita State quickly restored its lead to double digits.?Although 6-foot-11 center Steve Zack was cleared to play, he didn't and the Explorers missed his added height and inside presence. Zack had been out the previous six games with a sprained foot.?"He had a lot of soreness today, and we didn't think he could move well enough to help us in the game," Giannini said.
LA SALLE (24-10) — Peterson 0-0 0-0 0, Duren 3-7 2-3 8, Mills 2-8 2-2 7, Wright 6-9 4-5 16, Galloway 4-15 1-2 11, Dunn 0-0 0-0 0, Hunt 0-0 0-0 0, Garland 5-15 2-4 16, Brown 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-56 11-16 58.?WICHITA ST. (29-8) — Armstead 7-15 2-2 18, Early 4-11 0-0 8, Hall 7-11 2-3 16, Baker 4-6 3-4 13, Cotton 3-7 0-0 6, Lufile 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Wiggins 1-2 0-0 2, Orukpe 1-3 0-0 2, Van Vleet 3-9 0-0 7, White 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-67 7-9 72.?Halftime — Wichita St. 38-22. 3-Point Goals — La Salle 7-18 (Garland 4-7, Galloway 2-6, Mills 1-4, Duren 0-1), Wichita St. 5-12 (Armstead 2-3, Baker 2-3, Van Vleet 1-2, Williams 0-1, Early 0-1, Cotton 0-2). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — La Salle 29 (Galloway 8), Wichita St. 47 (Orukpe 9). Assists — La Salle 8 (Duren 4), Wichita St. 12 (Armstead 4). Total Fouls — La Salle 13, Wichita St. 13. A — 18,232.
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Date: Thursday, 10/20/2011
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: West End
Tickets: $12 - [Buy Tickets]
Type: Collection of short films
Language: French with English subtitles
Metro Weekly Rating:
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Review by Doug Rule
THE SHORT FILM Recipe for a Killing () opens with a man shooting his wife point blank for cooking him one too many bad meals. Murdering your spouse because her skills in the kitchen are subpar? Mais oui: Leave it to the French to cook up such a delicious, devious dish concept.
And of course, that's only the film's amuse-bouche. The multi-course dinner centers on the relationship between the murdering man, Gérard, played by noted French actor Niels Arestrup, and the lesbian vagabond Aline (Julie-Marie Parmentier). Gérard hires Aline right off the street to replace his murdered wife as his personal chef. Gérard is a hot-tempered asshole, plain and simple, and abuses Aline, whom he calls ''the kid,'' whenever her dishes aren't absolutely perfect.
But just when you start to feel sorry for the kid, director Emmanuelle Bercot, working from Chantal Pelletier's crime novel, switches to tell Aline's story. Turns out, she's even more of a monster, having killed several people and having gone on several heists with her lesbian lover. Recipe for a Killing grows a bit too gung-ho about the crime and the killings, and its cast of characters become less savory as it goes. By the dessert course, which naturally includes one more murder, you may have had your fill. But you'll still leave feeling satisfied.
And that's especially true because Recipe for a Killing screens with Queen Bitch (). Both short films originally aired as part of a French television series offering adaptations of macabre, quirky crime novels.
Director Guillaume Nicloux adapted Queen Bitch from Laurent Martin's novel. Emmanuelle is a transgendered woman dogged by bad luck from the start, when she was unjustly born into a boy's body. Clément Hervieu-Léger is a real charmer as the sweet, sad Emmanuelle. Every time it looks like Emmanuelle might finally be closer to raising enough money for a sex-change operation in Bangkok, she hits another spot of bad luck. She's far from above the law, of course -- stealing from her wealthy parents, joining a counterfeit money scheme -- but deep down, Emmanuelle seems like a good girl, and you never stop rooting for her to succeed.
Nicloux creates extra intrigue -- and confusion -- by building the story in a jagged, non-linear fashion, with many scenes introduced as having happened a day or more before. Why are the cops after her? How much money did she borrow from Pierre exactly? It helps to pay close attention, but then the answers are revealed in the end.
Well, all except for one final mystery. A real cliffhanger that you have to see for yourself.
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For individual tickets and festival passes, visit www.reelaffirmations.org. Standard Festival Passes are $150 and Six Pack Passes are $60. Both allow for entry to any of the films except special events and opening and closing nights. Tickets may be purchased online, at the box offices, or at Universal Gear (1529 14th Street NW, WDC).
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Does organized religion, as we know it, help or hinder the progress of human societies? For those engaged by that grand debate, this month brought two new books of interest. The first is "An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist," a memoir by famed evolutionary scientist Richard Dawkins, who is arguably the world's most prominent atheist (now that Christopher Hitchens is dead). The second is "Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict," in which author Ara Norenzayan argues that a belief in (and fear of) omniscient, interventionist deities provided the sociological adhesive that originally allowed humans to make the transition from small kin-based societies to sprawling, anonymous rules-based civilizations.
In an interview with Dawkins, who is on tour promoting his new book, I questioned him about Norenzayan's thesis. Putting aside the anti-scientific attitudes that often are associated with devout religiosity, I asked, is there not some value in an overarching creed that binds millions, or even billions, of people to the same moral code?
"Religious societies can become more coherent, yes that much is true," he tells me. "But that is largely because these societies' members often are terrified people — who then go out and kill [outsiders]. Islam, for instance, originally was spread throughout [much of] the world through violent warfare. When a society worships the same 'big god,' [this can help them] become militarily powerful. But I would separate that from any sort of [shared] moral code. And if it's true that humans need [a 'big god'] to be moral, that's reprehensible. Being fearful of god isn't a very good reason to do the right thing. Moreover, I'm not sure there is any evidence that atheists are less moral than religious people — I'd say it is the reverse."
"Criminals aren't scared of god," he adds. "They're scared of the police. As Steven Pinker has written, when Montreal police went on strike [in 1969], there was mass looting — until the Mounties came in. This suggests that a real-world overseer is effective at enforcing order. A 'big god,' not so much."


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United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, President Barack Obama's choice to become National Security Adviser, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, where the president made the announcement. Blunt and outspoken, Rice has been at the center of the international feuding over Syria _ and a lightning rod for criticism over Benghazi. Those controversies overshadowed her time at the UN. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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VOL. 59, No. 158
Rules and Regulations
40 CFR Part 81
[WI44-01-6426a; FRL-5053-5]
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Wisconsin; Redesignation of Oshkosh, WI, to Attainment for Carbon Monoxide
DATE: Wednesday, August 17, 1994
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: The USEPA redesignates Oshkosh, Wisconsin from unclassifiable to attainment status for carbon monoxide. The State of Wisconsin requested this redesignation and provided the necessary monitoring data for USEPA to approve the change. The redesignation has no substantive effect because unclassifiable areas are subject to the same requirements as attainment areas. Elsewhere in this Federal Register, USEPA is proposing approval of and soliciting public comment on this redesignation. If adverse comments are received in the time period specified below, USEPA will withdraw this final rule and address the comments in a subsequent final rule.
DATES: This final rule will be effective October 17, 1994 unless notice is received within 30 days of this publication that someone wishes to submit adverse comments. If the effective date is delayed, timely notice will be published in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Carlton T. Nash, Chief, Regulation Development Section, Air Toxics and Radiation Branch (AT-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Copies of the redesignation request and USEPA's analysis are available for inspection at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. (It is recommended that you telephone Megan Beardsley at (312) 886-0669 before visiting the Region 5 Office.)
A copy of this SIP revision is also available at the Office of Air and Radiation, Docket and Information Center (Air Docket 6102), room M1500, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-7548.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Beardsley, Environmental Scientist, Regulation Development Section, Air Toxics and Radiation Branch (AT-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-0669.
I. Background
In November 1991, USEPA designated Oshkosh, Wisconsin as an unclassifiable area for carbon monoxide (56 FR 56850) because the available air quality data was not representative of air quality at the date of enactment of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. Exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for carbon monoxide had been recorded in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in late 1988 and early 1989, but the emissions causing the exceedances were brought under control later in 1989. These controls were approved by USEPA and incorporated into the State Implementation Plan on October 8, 1992 (57 FR 46309).
Wisconsin's current request, submitted on April 7, 1994, is to change the designation of Oshkosh from unclassifiable to attainment based on recent ambient air quality measurements.
II. Evaluation of State Submission
A. Procedural Background
Redesignation requests are processed under section 107(d)(3) of the Clean Air Act (the Act). While section 107(d)(3)(E) specifies a number of requirements for areas requesting redesignation from nonattainment to attainment, the redesignation of unclassifiable areas is not explicitly addressed. However, the general criteria governing designations, set forth in section 107(d)(1)(A), do apply. Therefore, to qualify an unclassified area for redesignation to attainment, the State must show that the area has attained the relevant standard.
For a carbon monoxide area to be designated as attainment for a pollutant, it must meet the NAAQS for that pollutant (40 CFR part 50), based on the most recent two years of data. In its redesignation request, Wisconsin submitted carbon monoxide data for Oshkosh from January 24, 1992 to January 31, 1994 (when the monitor was shut down). Wisconsin collected the air quality data as required in the 1992 SIP revision and under procedures in accordance with the USEPA's monitoring requirements set forth in 40 CFR part 58. This data has been entered into USEPA's Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) and is summarized in USEPA's Technical Support Document for this action (M. Beardsley to Files, July 20, 1994). The data show that Oshkosh is well under the NAAQS for carbon monoxide concentrations and, thus, meets the requirements for attainment status.
C. Action
The USEPA redesignates the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin from unclassifiable to attainment for carbon monoxide.
Because USEPA considers this action noncontroversial, we are approving it without prior proposal. This action will become effective on October 17, 1994. However, if we receive adverse or critical comments by September 16, 1994, USEPA will publish a document that withdraws today's action and will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposal published in the proposed rule section. The public comment period will not be extended or reopened.
IV. Miscellaneous
A. Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this regulatory action from Exectutive Order 12866 review.
B. Regulatory Flexibility
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 600 et seq., USEPA must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis assessing the impact of any proposed or final rule on small entities (5 U.S.C. 603 and 604). Alternatively, USEPA may certify that the rule will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises, and government entities with jurisdiction over populations of less than 50,000.
This redesignation does not create any new requirements. Therefore, I certify that this action does not have a significant impact on any small entities affected.
D. Petitions for Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Act, petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by October 17, 1994. Filing a petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial review, nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be filed and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements (see section 307(b)(2)).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks, Wilderness areas.
Dated: August 1, 1994.
Valdas V. Adamkus, Acting Regional Administrator.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, part 81, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
2. In @ 81.350 the attainment status of designation table for carbon monoxide is amended by revising the entries for "Adams County", "Waushara County", "Winnebago County", and "Wood County" to read as follows:
@ 81.350 -- Wisconsin. * * * * * Wisconsin-Carbon Monoxide Designated Designation Classification area Date fn 1 Type Date fn 1 Type * * * * * * * Adams County Unclassifiable/ Attainment * * * * * * * Waushara Unclassifiable/ County Attainment Winnebago September 16, 1994 Unclassifiable/ September 16, 1994 County Attainment Wood County Unclassifiable/ Attainment fn 1 This date is November 15, 1990, unless otherwise noted.
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George Forbes, Cleveland NAACP president and former Cleveland City Council president, supports overturning Ohio's same-sex marriage ban.
"The time is now to grant two loving people the Freedom To Marry. Not since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has there been a more important step to achieving equality for all Americans," Forbes said in a statement issued today.
The Freedom To Marry coalition is seeking to put a constitutional amendment on the statewide ballot in 2013 to overturn an amendment passed in 2004 that defined marriage as being between one man and one woman.
Mary Jo Kilroy, chief executive officer of the Freedom to Marry coalition, said Forbes' supports will help blunt an effort to "sow divisions" between the black community and gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender groups.


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Carrie J. Burch and Jason W. Metzke exchanged their wedding vows July 14 in a 7:30 p.m. double-ring ceremony at Coconut Bay Resort in Key Largo, Fla.
The bride is daughter of Frank and Pam Willacker of Alpena. The groom is the son of Gary and Sandy Metzke of Alpena.
Attending the bride was her daughter, Christina Burch and her son, Brandon Burch. Attending the groom were his sons, Justin and Logan Metzke.
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The couple celebrated with their children snorkeling, swimming with dolphins, and deep sea fishing in the Florida Keys. They currently reside in Alpena.


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Date: 05/13/2014 update info
Time: 5:30:00 PM - 7:00:00 PM
Event Cost: Free
Venue: Missoula Farmer's Market in Missoula,MT
Contact: Colleen Rudio
Phone: (406) 543-4238
Website: www.missoulafarmersmarket.com/
Event Details:
Market Hours:
- Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., May 10 through October 25, 2014.
- Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., July 8 through September 23, 2014.
- Performers will be scheduled on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Market opens with fresh local produce, flowers, baked goods and coffee provided by over 100 vendors. Located in Circle Square (at the north end of Higgins Avenue - by the XXX's) the market will feature early spring vegetables, bedding plants and a wonderful social atmosphere.
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Marisol Murphree, M.A.,L.S.S.P.
Licensed Specialist in School Psychology
Nancy Warner
Special Education Office Secretary (210)357-5042
David Chidgey, M.A., L.S.S.P.
Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (210)357-5038
How to Get Help for the School-aged Child Before an Evaluation for Special Education Becomes Necessary
A parent with concerns about a child's learning or behavior is encouraged to contact the child's teacher or principal. The first step is for concerns to be addressed by the teacher, the parent and the child. If this step is unsuccessful, a parent should ask the child's teacher, counselor or principal about making a referral to the campus-based student support team. The goal of this team is to identify struggling learners early in order to improve their educational outcomes. This is different from a special education referral.
In Texas, prior to referral for special education evaluation, State law requires that the child be considered for all support services available to all children. These services include reading and math tutorial, in class support, STARS, dyslexia instruction, accelerated instruction and intensive programs of instruction, ESL and the Pre-Kindergarten program. The campus-based support team may meet more than once to address a child's needs and monitor the child's progress. The school will keep the parent informed of the efforts being made and the results of measures used to help the child.
Response to Intervention: A Process of Early Intervention
"Response to Intervention" (RTI) began to be implemented here in Texas during the 2007-2008 school year. Schools are adopting this new, non-discrepancy model of determining whether or not a student has a learning disability. RTI activities are expected to have a positive effect on schools across our state. RTI is a model that addresses the needs of all children through a continuum of services, which provide:
High-quality instruction and tiered intervention strategies aligned with individual student needs;
Frequent monitoring of progress to make results-based academic or behavioral decisions; and
Application of child response data to important educational decisions (such as those regarding placement, intervention, curriculum and instructional goals and methodologies).
In a RTI process, it is anticipated that 80% of all children will be successful in Tier I high-quality general education instruction in the core curriculum. Children who are at-risk are identified for Tier II targeted interventions through screening measures that indicate a child is having problems in academics or with behavior. When a child is identified as at-risk through screening measures, the campus-based support team may collect additional information from the teachers, the parent, observations, disciplinary records, or other data.
The goal of any Response to Intervention (RTI) process is to identify children who are at-risk and intervene early. The targeted interventions a child receives in Tier II are those that have been proven successful in similar cases. The school will implement these interventions with fidelity over time. A child's progress will be regularly monitored in Tier II.
The targeted interventions will be continually adjusted based on progress monitoring until the child meets with success. Children who do not respond to these targeted within a reasonable period of time as suggested by research are referred for Tier III interventions. Tier III interventions are more intensive and individualized than Tier II interventions.
Lackland I.S.D. will begin implementing RTI (Response to Intervention) this school year. State regulations/procedures are expected shortly. The above information was taken from
A Guide to the Admission, Review and Dismissal Process May 2007.
Referral for a Full and Individual Evaluation (FIE) for Special Education Services
If a child continues to experience difficulty in the general classroom after the provision of interventions, school personnel may refer the child for a FIE for special education services. A referral for a FIE for special education services may be initiated by school personnel, the child's parents or legal guardian, or another person involved in the education or care of the child. If the parent makes a referral for a FIE for special education services, and the school decides an evaluation is not needed, the school must give prior written notice to the parent of its refusal to evaluate.
A parent may directly ask for a FIE for special education services. A parent may begin this process of referral by indication in writing to the teacher or administrator that he or she believes that the child is in need of special education services.
Lackland I.S.D. has a duty to make a referral for a FIE for special education services anytime it suspects that a child has a disability and a need for special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). If targeted interventions were tried and the child has not progressed as expected, or the child requires services beyond what is available in general education, the child may have a disability and a need for special education services.
After a Full and Individual Evaluation, students may qualify for the special education based on one or more of the following disabilities and an educational need:
Lackland Elementary
Office: (210)357-5053
(Pre-Kindergarten - 6th grade)
Stacey Jr./Sr. High
Office: (210)357-5100
(7th grade - 12th grade)
Out of District Programs
Lackland I.S.D. is a member of the Military School Districts' Cooperative. The Military COOP helps Lackland I.S.D. provide a comprehensive range of services to meet the needs of our students with disabilities.
Military School Districts' Cooperative Office
Kathy McKinney, M.Ed. Director of Special Education(210)368-8771
Ana Cotton, M.Ed.
Behavioral Consultant
Stephanie Kent, C.P.T. Physical Therapist
Carrilee Adkins, M.Ed.
Teacher of the Visually Impaired
Orientation & Mobility Specialist
Susan Sebastian, M.A.
Transition Coordinator
Suzanne Gonzalez, Ph.D., L.S.S.P
Licensed Specialist in School Psychology
Starla Sweda, O.T.R.
Occupational Therapist
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Remember Nate Silver, the statistical genius? A year ago, in the last few weeks of the 2012 presidential campaign, Silver, then of the New York Times, was examining the polling data and predicting an easy win for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney.
In spite of a lot of huffing and puffing over Silver's methods and the reliability of "skewed" polls, Silver was proven correct.
This summer Silver announced he was leaving the Times and taking his talents to ESPN. His new site is expected to debut early next year.
In the meantime, Silver examined the shutdown and offered this analysis, The Six Big Takeaways From the Government Shutdown.
Here's a snippet:
1. The media is probably overstating the magnitude of the shutdown's political impact.
Remember Syria? The fiscal cliff? Benghazi? The IRS scandal? The collapse of immigration reform? All of these were hyped as game-changing political moments by the news media, just as so many stories were during the election last year. In each case, the public's interest quickly waned once the news cycle turned over to another story. Most political stories have a fairly short half-life and won't turn out to be as consequential as they seem at the time.


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This is my first post. My name is Karry, I am a stay at home mom of 4 ages 11, 5, 3 and 6 mnths. My problem is my older ones always want someone to come over to play. It is driving me CRAZY!!!! I tried letting them each have a friend over. Big Mistake!!!! Every toy was taken out, they drove each other mad. The younger followed the older and the older ones tease the younger ones. Then there was snack time. They were not happy with the pretzels and water I put out. Sorry but I cant afford to feed 6 boys goldfish or granola bars. Juice is quite costly as well. By the end of the day I wanted to hide in a corner curled up in the fetal position never to see the light of day. But I couldn't because I still had dinner, bath and bedtime.
Next I tried letting one at a time have a friend over. Well this is just "not fair, he has a friend and I dont!!!!" I have to listen to the two other boys complain about being bored. They quickly forget thier turn, past and future. My oldest has many friends in the neighborhood he can go out to play with, but this apparently gets boring as well.
I also get very frustrated when I am the only mom calling for playdates. Nobody else seems to want to return the favor. I almost feel like a pain in the backside for always asking.
I feel like I am being a very selfish mommy. But with 4 kids I really dont want to do the playdate thing any more.
Any suggestions on how to stop the maddness or how to help me cope with the chaos of having playmates of for my children???????
Wow! I'm feeling miserable just reading that! Six children is a lot to watch. How often do they have company? Is this just come over and play company or spend the night? Depending on where you live, you could have them play outside.
Hi Karry! Your story makes me long for the days when I was a kid and my mom would tell me to go outside and play -- and that was that. Because the days when you could safely let your children play outside on their own are long gone, we now have the playdate. It's the scariest word in the world, IMHO.
You are not a selfish mommy. Because I don't want to deal with playdates, I simply don't send my kids on them (or accept them in return) except on rare occasions. My kids get enough interaction at daycare or school. When they're home, it's family time. On the weekends, we get chores done, and though I often work, we either relax together or go out and play. There's visiting family or heading to the playground, etc. Either way, playdates just don't really fit in with our lifestyle, and I don't think my kids will grow up traumatized for it -- at least, that's how I rationalize it to myself.
I know what you mean writemommy. I do allow playdates whenever he asks, but I am very cautious about outside play. We live where everyone knows their neighbors (they all keep an eye on the kids) and we have a pretty big backyard. We've fenced it in as well. I usually sit outside with the children and watch them. When I am trying to do something in the house I open all the blinds on the backside of the house and watch them that way. I've put a sandbox, swingset, a mini construction site with rubber mulch, and a tire swing out. It helps them burn energy and keeps my house from getting wrecked. I have several friends who live further out in the country than we do. They have huge yards and could safely let older children play outside with less supervision.
For the 5 & 3 year old I have to call the moms to invite the kids. My 11 year old has a few kids in the neighborhood to play with, but he likes to call friends from school also. I have limited it to non-school days for the 5 and 11 and during the week for my 3 year old. And it NOT overnight. I would really be a blubbering idiot if I did overnight LOL!!!!
Ahhhhh Memories!!! My mom would kick us outside also. We could not go in except to go to the bathroom or eat lunch. We had a peach tree in the yard which we could snag a fruit if we were hungry. Sometimes she would cut a watermelon (which we also grew in our yard in GA) and put it out for all the kids. If we got thirsty we turned on the hose!
I am lucky, my neighborhood is great. All the moms watch out for all the kids. Our backyards are all together like the show Backyardigans so we can see everyone all the time. The big kids usually watch the younger ones for a little bit.
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What Turns Web Design into Creative Web Design
Large companies can employ a chief marketing officer and a specialty staff when marketing, whether online or traditional, is done entirely in-house - it's what that department does all day, every day. Do you have an employee or a group with that kind of potential? More importantly, does your company have the capacity to support such a specialized human resources infrastructure?


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The origins of Frankfurter Grüne Sosse (green sauce) are not entirely clear. It is largely believed that the Romans brought it from the Near East. But the route the recipe followed from Italy to Hessen (where it is today a celebrated local speciality) is disputed. Some say it was introduced in Hessen by Italian trading families, others that the recipe travelled to France and was later brought to Germany by French Huguenots – a story which makes some sense, given that the second largest settlement of Huguenots in what is now Germany was in Hessen in the late seventeenth century. What I know for sure, however, is that Easter is not Easter in my parents-in-law's house in Hessen without at least one meal of Grüne Sosse. Read more »
Moving in Germany: Couches on the U-Bahn
I have moved a lot in Germany. Like 6 times in a year a lot. This is mostly due to poor planning, short-term sublets and an inability to commit to things like buying a full kitchen (welcome to my madness), but the positive byproduct is that we got really good at moving on the cheap.
As we initially moved to Berlin with just two suitcases, it was possible to make our moves purely by public transport. Nervous about our limbs simply falling off during these moves, we limited our purchases and kept our possessions down to 2 or three loads …at first. But, inevitably, we managed to accumulate more and more until our hobo moving method was no longer an option.
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(In-) Convenient
A few years ago while chatting with a friend who, like me, has a German spouse, I had a mini-revelation:
"There is no German word for convenient," I said.
After a pause, my friend the English teacher says, "Well that explains a hell of a lot."
Both fluent German speakers but without a dictionary in front of us, we racked our brains for a potential German equivalent to the English word convenient. Or convenience. Or conveniently.
Fitting to our search, we brainstormed the antonym: Inconvenient = Umständlich. My go-to translation website leo.org gives this word circuitous, cumbersome, laborious and involved, which are all certainly inconvenient, but it does not mention inconvenient as a translation. This is interesting, and perhaps an example of different usage of the word. Or perhaps an example of misunderstanding by a foreigner! Read more »
Birthdays at Work (or the Joys of Raw Meat)
My first job here in Germany was in a publishing house (Verlag) in Freiburg, and that job was actually my first real job after college. It was certainly a different way to be indoctrinated into the world of work. It was the early nineties and it was the Schwarzwald. Freiburg is still a pretty hip town, but in small companies like the one I started in, they stick to tradition. Almost everyone was per Sie with one another, despite the fact that many of them had been working together for years. After a year of having two Americans and one Canadian in their midst, they loosened up a bit and we were almost all per Du.
Birthdays at work, depending on the company, usually involve the person whose birthday it is bringing in something to eat. At my current company, it might just be Sekt and Brezeln for my small department. At my husband's company, some people bring in three-course elaborate meals for the whole group, which is 40 people. This year I made American cakes and cupcakes for the whole lot. They were a happy bunch after the sugar rush! Read more »
Dealing with Damage
Despite not being military or part of any diplomatic corps, my family and I move frequently. We moved in 2010, and then in 2012 – not counting the two additional moves within the same town from one temporary flat to another and then into the house we bought, and now we are moving again later this year. We've been trying to declutter to avoid moving unpacked boxes from one house to the next, but we realized that we had to finally close out and submit our damage claim from our big move in 2012 before we moved again in 2014.
We had delayed submitting the claim because as mentioned before, we had moved several times in 2012 and decided to wait till we had received all of our things from the move from America to Germany to submit one big claim. In retrospect, that probably wasn't the best idea. In fact, what I took away from the experience is that it is best to submit the claim as soon as possible while you are still feeling incensed that your beloved leather dining sofa has never-before-seen cuts in parts of the leather or a favorite side table now has three legs less.
Austria and Germany: Worlds Apart
Billy Wilder (1906-2002), the noted Austrian-American film director (Double Indemnity, Stalag 17, Some Like It Hot), as famous as he was, used to complain about how he was frequently misidentified as German. Americans do often get Austria and Germany mixed up. Sometimes they even confuse Austria with Australia! Thus the joke T-shirts and signs found in Austria with a "no kangaroos" logo. Silly Americans!
Never really that good at geography, Americans, even if they can find Austria on a map, also tend to be ignorant of the many great and subtle differences between the small Alpine republic (population 8.4 million), known as Österreich, and its much larger neighboring republic to the north, known as Deutschland (population 80 million). Austria is only about the size of the US state of South Carolina. Germany is slightly smaller than Montana. In some ways, the two countries can be compared to the United States and Canada, or the US and Great Britain (with the sizes reversed): They both speak the same language, but with significant differences, and they share a common history that has made them friends, yet has also left them worlds apart. Read more »


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I am about 10 wks pregnant, my due date is 7/4/10 as of right now. I have two other children ages 11 and 4. I am 36 yrs old and have to go to genetic counceling because of my age. I go next week for the counceling appointment and my first ultrasound. It all sounds so scary...Any advice?
Congrats on your pregnancy. My mother had me at age 37 with no complications. Don't worry yourself until you get solid results. You should focus on the positive aspects of being pregnant and not dwell on "what could be." At age 36, you should have a healthy baby and a smooth delivery, but age does impact pregnancies. But genetic counseling is a safety measure and is just "checking" for possible problems. It does not mean that something will be detected. So, enjoy being pregnant and relax! Let us know the results!!
Hi. This is my first pregnancy through In-vitro and I'm 37 yrs old. I'm 24 weeks pregnant and thank's God everything is being beautiful. I'm having a BOY! Just be positive! You are not alone. Wish you the Best of Luck :)
Don't worry! I just had my second child at 39 with none of the age related problems everyone is concerned about. (Even though there were some complications, they were entirely due to a preexisting medical conditions that I have). Your overall health is more important than your age when it comes to pregnancy.
I went through genetic counceling also and everything went fine. They caught that the ultrasound techs measured wrong and my due date was screwed up. The whole thing was a nice experince. I'm high risk because of age and PCOS. I would do it again if I had too.
Congrats and good luck.
I am also in the "high risk" category. I'm 39 years old and 9 weeks along. I have my genetics ultrasound appointment next month and am a little concerned which I think is to be expected. I have a 3 year old daughter who is perfect and I'm sure the next child will be just as healthy. Try and enjoy your pregnancy and know that you're not alone. I hope your appointment went well and I'm sure everything will work out.
Hi. I'm 38 years old, and this is my first pregnancy. I'm about 8 weeks and due August 6th (at which time I'll be 39!) My doc told me last March I'd never get pregnant, so this was quite the shock! I already went to the genetic councelor and had an ultasound, and everything went fine. Surprisingly, the risks to the baby don't go up all that much after 35; I thought the numbers would be A LOT higher. Keep a positive attitude and enjoy!
First off its not scary. i'm 37 with number 6 due in June. Were both other pregnancy health no problems no history of problems in family? The usual questions but more intense. There is a tri-screen test blood samples twice and a sono. It checks for certain things and gives you your chances. Mine were all normal so we opted not to have the amnio done. I have quite a few friends having babies over 35. the docs just want to check everything. Breathe!!! is my advice.
Hello! I'm almost 42 and just found out I am expecting #3! I have an 8 year old and 5 year old and was done! I was on the pill and didn't find out until almost 14 weeks! My first ultrasound which confirmed my due date and baby's age was a week after the fetal nuchal translucency (NT)screening was recommended. I had my second child at 36 so I am not so worried about high risk screening. I just completed my blood work for quad screening and will have a Level 2 3d ultrasound at 19 weeks. This will allow high risk doctors to check for abnormalities like cleft palate, heart chambers, etc. I don't like the risks associated with amnio. I wouldn't worry about being "high risk". Some doctors like to run every test available and run up the bill. If you have two perfectly healthy children then plan for a healthy #3. Chances are pretty much in your favor for a healthy baby. BTW our due date is 6/30. Good luck with your pregnancy!
I am 37 and my due date is 7/12/10. I am going through the same thing. The nurse told me I am 1 in 104 to pass Down Syndrome to the baby, I go for the level 2 next month. I am trying not to get too upset. The first measurements were fine.
Hi! I am 38 and pregnant with my first. We'd been trying for four years then I finally quit counting days of my cycle and had put away the fertility monitor for a few months. Imagine my surprise! When I took the home test I thought I was only about 6 or 7 weeks then when dr did the ultrasound he said it was more like 10. I also had to have an appointment with an AMA specialist....they really to make it sound scary with all of those statistics about birth defects and screenings. Our "statistical risk" of having baby with Down Syndrome was around 1 in 235 and we did the pent-screen and our actual risk came back 1 in 1000! I was glad that we did it, not that it would have mattered if it came back higher, I've been waiting this long for baby, nothing was going to change that. Also, I was boarderline diabetic prior to my pregnancy so I had to take the GTT early in my pregnancy and was put on a low dose of insulin only in the evenings so that was really no surprise to me and it's not as big a deal as I thought it would be. It's what's best for my baby, plus I've really been keeping better track of what I'm eating and I have not gained a lot of weight (good b/c I was a little chubby to begin with :-) I'm due 6/2 and feel much better now that I'm past the half-way point and I'm so looking forward to meeting my baby girl. Anatomical ultrasound showed that everything looks perfect! Congratulations to you!
Hi I'm 39 years old and expecting #3 on July 16th. I have 16 and 13 year old boys and this little bundle is quite the surprise! I will have the quad screen this week and am trying not to worry too much about it. If anything shows up abnormal I will be sent to a genetic specialist for a higher level ultrasound. I was told that because of my age it may come back abnormal while the baby is still perfectly healthy. Best of luck to all of you!!
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You have a 1962 house with a tile shower. There is almost NO chance that the pan is not leaking. Your pan is probably make with tar paper, since lead was usually only used in higher scale homes.
Hi guys,
I'm a beginner DIYer in the process of remodeling the kitchen and bathroom of an older (1962) house. While removing the old laminate countertop, the backsplash took some of the drywall with it. I'm trying to determine the best way to prep the surface for the new tile backsplash. Can I patch it with drywall compound, or do need to install a piece of plywood or some other backer before I can tile?
I also stumbled into a small problem with retiling the bathroom. After removing the old tile and about an inch of the mud bed, I found a very uneven gravel surface that was almost impenetrable. I plan to level the floor using deck mud, but will the the high spots from the gravel compromise the integrity of the floor (since in some areas with gravel, the depth may be less than 1 inch)? Even if having the gravel there is ok, am I be better off in the long term if I remove them?
The biggest problem of all is, I have 2 wooden floor beams near the shower pan hat are rotted through. Could this mean I have a leaking shower pan? How much work is involved in replacing the beams?
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Thanks in advance for everyone's help.
You have a 1962 house with a tile shower. There is almost NO chance that the pan is not leaking. Your pan is probably make with tar paper, since lead was usually only used in higher scale homes.
Wood generally needs moisture to rot, so yes, you probably have a leaking shower pan. Tear-out time. There's some controversy about how thick a mudbed needs to be to be self-supporting. What's underneath the 'gravel'? It's different over a slab verses a wooden subfloor.
The best place for help on tiling is www.johnbridge.com. My preference for tiling the shower is Kerdi from www.schluter.com. This makes an entirely waterproof enclosure, as opposed to a waterproof pan with water resistant walls (cbu is not waterproof, but doesn't degrade in water). As long as the drywall is structurally sound on the backsplash, you can fill the divots with thinset while setting the tile - it'll be fine. Outside of a shower, a backsplash is not considered a wet area, and drywall is a fine substrate, even slightly damaged. If it's crumbly, then cut it out and replace it with the same. You don't want drywall compound on the wall (unless it is a setting type, and even then, it's not necessary) - the thinset will work fine over it.
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Hj and jag thanks for the excellent feedback. You guys are probably hit the nail in the head about the leaking shower pan. I figured that's what I have, but I wanted hear from the experts here. I'm having to learn a lot of stuff, and now I have to add more thing to he list for the shower pan. This site is a great resource, and I'll also check out the johnbridge website.
Jag to answer your question about what's underneath the gravel, I don't really know since I have not broken through. Maybe I'll drill a small hole to see.
"gravel" is loose. If yours is HARD, it is NOT gravel, but rather some sort of concrete mix, and therefore it should be more than adequate to support a shower floor.


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2. Separate the two shamrock shapes. On one shamrock, poke two holes near the center of the top leaf. Make the holes about one inch apart.
3. Liberally spread glue on both of the shamrocks and sprinkle glitter on top. Let dry. Turn over the shamrocks and repeat glitter process.
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I know this post is old, but as technology has caught up to this question, OpenNI has since developed a wrapper that you can use for Unity to basically drag and drop onto a biped and control with the Kinect. Also on coding for fun they have wrappers for the UDK as well. So yes, now you can, the information is out there.


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The Besser Male Chorus, now in its 66th year, will present its annual Christmas concert Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church.
Under the direction of Bernice "Bunny" Lyon, the chorus will perform many traditional Christmas favorites. Included this year will be "The First Noel," "How Great Our Joy," "Silver Bells" and "Silent Night." The chorus will be accompanied by Suelyn Bartz on piano and Mary Ann Hubbard on flute.
Jessica Pearson, granddaughter of 53-year member Eldon Grabow, will be the soloist for "O Holy Night."
A quartet comprised of Grabow, Davis Usher, Ronald Karr and Rick Grulke will sing "The Christmas Song" and "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth."
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Canine Cushing's Syndrome - Homeopathic Treatment
Cushing's syndrome is a common occurrence in middle-aged and older dogs. Both Cushing's syndrome and Cushing's disease are characterized by the same problem – elevated levels of cortisol in the blood. Cushing's disease, however, is different from Cushing's syndrome, in one aspect. While Cushing's syndrome may refer to high levels of cortisol caused for any reason, Cushing's disease refers particularly to high level of cortisol caused due to a pituitary problem. The three commonly known causes of Cushing's syndrome are:
- Pituitary tumor
- Adrenal hyperplasia
- Iatrogenic (drug-induced), especially steroid use
Homeopathy is quickly becoming a preferred alternative to conventional treatments for Cushing's syndrome, mainly because pharmaceutical drugs create a more complicated problem than the disease itself in many cases. This occurs mainly due to the serious side effects of conventional medication used to cure Cushing's. Homeopathic remedies, unlike conventional drugs, are devoid of side effects.
Homeopathy is a 200 year old therapy, which is marked by its distinctive feature – 'like cures like'. This means that a substance in its diluted form cures the same disease that it causes in its concentrated form. Another distinctive feature is presented in the form of its typical method of preparing remedies. Prepared after extreme dilution, homeopathic remedies use only natural substances including plants, herbs, animal matters and minerals.
For example, a homeopathic remedy for Cushing's disease will be diluted through a process called succussion in a way that the final product would have an infinitesimally small amount of the original substance—and the wondrous part is that it still treats and cures. Perhaps the best aspect of homeopathic remedies is that they 'bring out' the disease to eradicate it from its roots, rather than suppressing symptoms.
Homeopathic remedies are actually natural remedies for canine Cushing's disease. In addition, homeopathic practitioners have a holistic approach to treatment. Dietary changes, which are integral to the treatment of Cushing's disease in dogs, form an integral part of homeopathic remedies.
Dogs were originally meant to live in the wild and take care of themselves according to what they learned in the evolutionary process. On the contrary, as companion dogs, they depend upon you to take care of them. As dogs grow older, they are prone to develop serious medical disorders due to exposure to environmental and dietary toxins. It makes sense to start early and ensure the dog's health in a natural way rather than to wait for a disease to occur. Being complacent with the thought that you can fall back on drugs is not an extremely positive way of treating health conditions—whether in pets or in humans.
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - Another dying dolphin has been found in Virginia waters.
The dolphin was found Saturday morning in a creek near downtown Portsmouth. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the ailing animal had to be euthanized.
In a typical year, about 60 sick and dead dolphins wash up on Virginia's coastline. So far this year, 170 dead dolphins have been recorded in the Chesapeake Bay or along the Atlantic coast.
From New Jersey south to Virginia, more than 230 dolphin deaths have been reported. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared an unusual mortality event, which clears the way for an intensive scientific inquiry into what is causing the deaths.
No definitive conclusions have been reached, but many suspect a virus.
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Even as late as August 2007, members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee were not convinced that we were headed into a period of severe economic and financial distress.
Spreads were blowing out for Countrywide derivatives. Those two Bear Stearns hedge funds were blowing up. The subprime market was dead. Ratings agencies were downgrading every CDO they could remember having rated. Corporate credit spreads, especially high yield and bank loans, were moving out sharply. Stocks were falling.
But there was still a good deal of doubt about whether this was a sign of impending collapse or just a mild rise in "downside risks to growth." The alarm bells weren't quite ringing, according to the transcript of the meeting that began August 7, 2007.
One of the things that seemed to placate Fed officials was the continued availability of liquidity for much of the market. Credit had not yet, well, crunched. What's more, recent experience seemed to imply that this might be a momentary hiccup, much like what the FOMC members had seen in December of 2010 and February of 2011.
But the newest member of the committee Eric Rosengren, the new President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, was not as jaded. And his first words about prevailing financial conditions now seem high prescient.
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MR. ROSENGREN. The credit derivative swaps for Countrywide and some of the other mortgage providers spiked up very appreciably at the end of last week, and they were accompanied by announcements that the companies were having no trouble rolling over their financing. Some of the Boston hedge fund managers have observed that one dependable correlation has been that the announcement of no problem seems to be highly correlated with the actual problem's occurring with a lag of one to two weeks. [Laughter] I am curious whether you are worried about the possibility that Countrywide and some of the largest mortgage lenders might have difficulty in the next two weeks rolling over financing, which would obviously have a broader impact.
In light of what we saw in 2008, those Boston hedge fund managers really understood what was going to happen.
By the way, this was the answer to Rosengren's question.
MR. DUDLEY. They certainly could. Their problem is that they have a very large mortgage finance subsidiary and a small thrift. If the mortgage finance subsidiary were in the thrift, then there would be other ways of financing all their assets. So far they are able to maintain their liquidity. But a lot of this is about perception, and that could change at any time. The good news about Countrywide is that people view them as having a strong franchise. They also have a very large loan-servicing portfolio, which might actually be worth a bit more because the duration of those mortgages is extending. They are not just a mortgage originator whose business has evaporated; they also have other parts of their business, which I think people view as potentially quite valuable.
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